Graphics for uncertainty

Graphical methods such as colour shading and animation, which are widely available, can be very effective in communicating uncertainty. In particular, the idea of a ‘density strip’ provides a conceptually simple representation of a distribution and this is explored in a variety of settings, includin...

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Published inJournal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, Statistics in society Vol. 182; no. 2; pp. 403 - 418
Main Author Bowman, Adrian W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Wiley 01.02.2019
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Animation
Communication
Contingency
Contingency tables
Density
Density strip
Graphical methods
Graphics
Original Articles
Shading
Spatiotemporal data
Uncertainty
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Summary:Graphical methods such as colour shading and animation, which are widely available, can be very effective in communicating uncertainty. In particular, the idea of a ‘density strip’ provides a conceptually simple representation of a distribution and this is explored in a variety of settings, including a comparison of means, regression and models for contingency tables. Animation is also a very useful device for exploring uncertainty and this is explored particularly in the context of flexible models, expressed in curves and surfaces whose structure is of particular interest. Animation can further provide a helpful mechanism for exploring data in several dimensions. This is explored in the simple but very important setting of spatiotemporal data.
ISSN:0964-1998
1467-985X
DOI:10.1111/rssa.12379